Definition of symbol
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`symbol
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`sym·bol | \ ˈsim-bəl
`1 : an authoritative summary of faith or doctrine : CREED
`2 : something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship,
`association, convention, or accidental resemblance especially : a visible sign of something
`invisible the lion is a symbol of courage
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`3 : an arbitrary or conventional sign used in writing or printing relating to a particular field
`to represent operations, quantities, elements, relations, or qualities
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`4 : an object or act representing something in the unconscious mind that has been
`repressed phallic symbols
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`5 : an act, sound, or object having cultural significance and the capacity to excite or
`objectify a response
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`symbol
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`symboled or symbolled; symboling or symbolling
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`Definition of symbol (Entry 2 of 2)
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`: SYMBOLIZE
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`Examples of symbol in a Sentence
`the traditional physician's symbol of a staff entwined with a snake the symbol ¶ indicates
`where a new paragraph should begin
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`The place is a symbol of what Yulia Grigoryants, an Armenian photographer, calls Cosmic
`Solitude. — Yulia Grigoryants, New York Times, "Alone on a Mountaintop, Awaiting a Very
`Hard Rain," 21 Jan. 2020 The aircraft carrier is the symbol of American power – 90,000 tons
`of diplomacy, the Navy likes to say. — CBS News, "Next U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to be
`named after African American Pearl Harbor hero," 19 Jan. 2020
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`First Known Use of symbol
`Noun
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`15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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`Verb
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`1832, in the meaning defined above
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`History and Etymology for symbol
`Noun
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`in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign;
`in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally,
`token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together,
`compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
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`symbol
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`English Language Learners Definition of symbol
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`: an action, object, event, etc., that expresses or represents a particular idea or quality
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`: a letter, group of letters, character, or picture that is used instead of a word or group of
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`See the full definition for symbol in the English Language Learners Dictionary
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`symbol
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`sym·bol | \ ˈsim-bəl
`1 : something that stands for something else : EMBLEM The eagle is a symbol of the United
`States.
`2 : a letter, character, or sign used instead of a word to represent a quantity, position,
`relationship, direction, or something to be done The sign + is the symbol for addition.
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`symbol
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`noun
`sym·bol | \ ˈsim-bəl
`: something that stands for or suggests something else: as
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`a : an arbitrary or conventional sign used in writing or printing relating to a particular field
`to represent operations, quantities, elements, relations, or qualities
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`b : an object or act representing something in the unconscious mind that has been
`repressed phallic symbols
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`Other Words from symbol
`symbolic \ sim-ˈbäl-ik
`symbolically \ -i-k(ə-)lē
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` \ adjective
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